Trinary OS is just starting to be created by Rudy Koot it is very small at this time and seems to be a good place for me to write a step by step "how to" to start to create an OS as an approach on teaching an OS class.   So I sent a .eml to Rudy and he answered and seems to be happy to help answer some questions.

Rudy Koot -- 2003/03/08 11:12; Re: Trinary - Hello!

The following is a type of BLOG / educational exercise  of an attempt to create an OS class exercise for students who really want to learn how to hack an OS kernel.

Requirements:  You will need a computer to do programing on that has Linux, Unix or Windows Operating system.  ( need to add more about how most people set up)

Step 00.0   If you don't have  .ZIP compression program,  you must search, download, install and learn how to use a .ZIP utility:
        00.1  Search  Google Search: zip compression utilities
        00.2  Down load a ZIP compression utilities
        00.3  Install and learn how to run
 

Step 01.0  Using a html browser  create an account at  SourceForge.org and login to the Trinary project leave a message and download the Trinary files. I had trouble at SourceForge useing netscape 4.7 browser it give me an error code "No group-id". You have to enable cookes.
        01.1 SourceForge =  SourceForge.net: Welcome
        00.2 Create an account =  SourceForge.net: SourceForge.net: Register
        00.3 Goto = Trinary Operating System
        00.4   Down load latest file releases.
        00.5  Optional you might want to join an project.  SourceForge.net: D5. Using SourceForge.net: from logging-in to account maintenance

The five of  Zip Files at SourceForge to down load for the Trinary Operating System from Source Forge:
Develompment Tools
trinary-os-compiler-ia32-win32-030413.zip           1809 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:47:12 2003 Zip Compressed Data  =  Notes 01 Compiler
Disk Images
trinary-os-image-ia32-030413.zip                              21 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:48:18 2003 Zip Compressed Data  =  Notes 02 Disk image
Emulator
trinary-os-emulator-ia32-win32-030413.zip             757 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:49:48 2003 Zip Compressed Data =  Notes 03 Emulator
Source Code
trinary-os-source-030413.zip                                   117 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:49:04 2003 Zip Compressed Data =  Notes 04 Source Code
 

I extracted the ZIP files:  ( ???  some of the  files seemed to write over other files.  I need to check this out to find out if this is OK.)
The compressed ZIP files made the following Dir Tree  & Dir listing 

You can browse the sub directories below useing the commented  Html directory listing of the root directory.

  bin/                                                           Sun Apr 13 15:10:04 2003 Directory
(comments to be added )
  doc/                                                           Wed Apr 02 21:21:06 2003 Directory
(comments to be added )
  include/                                                       Sat Feb 15 17:40:46 2003 Directory
(comments to be added )
  src/                                                           Sat Feb 15 17:21:28 2003 Directory
(comments to be added )
  tmp/                                                           Sun Apr 13 15:10:36 2003 Directory
(comments to be added )

  build.bat                                            939 bytes Sun Apr 13 14:54:48 2003 MS-DOS Batch File
  core.lds                                             335 bytes Thu Apr 03 16:47:08 2003 
  run.bat                                               73 bytes Sun Apr 13 14:53:26 2003 MS-DOS Batch File
  setup.bat                                            225 bytes Sat Mar 01 21:07:12 2003 MS-DOS Batch File

  trinary-os-compiler-ia32-win32-030413.zip           1809 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:47:12 2003 Zip Compressed Data
  trinary-os-emulator-ia32-win32-030413.zip            757 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:49:48 2003 Zip Compressed Data
  trinary-os-image-ia32-030413.zip                      21 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:48:18 2003 Zip Compressed Data
  trinary-os-source-030413.zip                         117 Kb    Fri Apr 18 15:49:04 2003 Zip Compressed Data